Use this symbol-based guide to support understanding: 
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• Petal: brightly-coloured to attract pollinators 
• Stigma: sits at the top of the carpel and is where pollen is captured. It is often sticky so that the pollen can be caught
• Style: the tube that pollen travels down to the ovary, joining the ovary to the stigma
• Ovary: produces and contains unfertilised seeds
• Anther: pollen is produced here which is usually yellow and can be seen on the underside of pollinators after they have visited the flower
• Filament: the tube that holds up the anther so that it is accessible for pollinators to reach or for the wind to blow the pollen
• Sepal: leaf like protective cover that protects the flower when it starts to bud 
• Receptacle: the base of the flower that supports the weight of the whole flower structure and attaches it to the plant stem
• Stamen: the male reproductive part of the flower that is made up of the Anther and filament
• Carpel: the female reproductive part of the flower that is made up of the stigma, style and ovary

• Use this blank diagram to see if your pupils can remember the different parts of a flower
• Look for differences in a variety of plants. This could be in observing leaf shape, colour, texture, shape and size of flowers and types of roots
• Think about where the plant likes to grow - is this reflected in the structure?
• Observe whether flowers are visited by any flying insects to pollinate them. Use our pollinators identification guide to see who is visiting